Hoop-roller



C. W. RUSSELL.

HOOP ROLLERV APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21. 1918.

1,348,745.- Q Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

avwevmtoz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. RUSSELL, 0F. SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES IV. RUSSELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sioux Falls, in the county'of Minnehaha and State of South Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hoop- Rollers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention comprehends generally improvements in that class of inventions known as games and toys and more particularly relates to a hoop roller.

It is the principal aim and objectof this invention to provide a device of the above mentioned character for rolling and guiding a hoop as by batting it, the construction being novel and enabling the child or user to allow the hoop to roll freely or else to be engaged and retained under control, as desired.

More particularly the present invention consists in the provision of a device of the above mentioned character designed from a single piece of Wire bent to form a handle and shank and designed at the outer end to form a curved batting arm and a retaining trundling ring.

Among the other aims and objects of this I invention may be recited the provision of a device of the character described with a view to compactness, and in which the number of parts are few, the. construction simple,

itlhelpost of production low and the efiiciency Other improvements and novel details in the construction and arrangement of the various parts of the apparatus will 'be brought out more in detail in the description to follow which for a clear understanding of the invention should be considered in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, and wherein is disclosed for the purpose of illustration a convenient and satisfactory embodiment of the invention. It is to be noted in this connection that minor changes in the construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the principle of operation of the various parts.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective detail showing one mannerof using the device in conjunction with the hoop.

Fig. 2 is a perspective detail showing an- HOOP-ROLLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- rolling device generally Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

Application filed November 21, 1918. Serial No. 263,545.

' to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now, more particularly, to the accompanying drawings there is illustrated a hoop 1 actuated by means of the improved designated by the numeral 2.

In reducing the present invention to practice this 'rolling device is formed from a single piece of substantial resilient wlire bent upon itself intermediate its ends to form a handle ring 8 while the side portions are twisted together to provide a relatively stiff shank 4. The terminal of one side portion of the wire is extended at substantially right angles to the longitudinal axis of the shank and is slightly curved to provide a batting arm 5. The terminal of the other side portion is extended in an opposite direction from the batting arm 5 and is bent to provide a resilient ring 6 of a substantially open type, the free terminal portion of the ring being slightly offset from the common planeof the shank and the arm, lying over but positioned in spaced relation to the shank to provide a substantial guide 7 for facilitating the application of the ring about the hoop 1 when it is desired to use the ring in the nature of a retainer and guide as well as a bat for the hoop.

In use, to connect the device to the hoop asshown in Fig. 1 it is only necessary to arrange the shank against the hoop and manipulate the handle so that the shank will be moved from the hoop at the same "time care being taken to hold the shank against the hoop so that the hoop-will pass beneath the guide 7 and be engaged by the ring 6. The child or user now holds the handle ring and shank in one hand and uses the device in the nature of a bat so that the forward movement may be imparted to the hoop, and of course as the ring is engaged about the hoop the latter is retained under control and at the same time is readily guided. As shown in Fig. 2 the ring has been disengaged from the hoop while the handle has been manipulated so that the batting arm may be swung to engage the hoop with a View of rolling it. The curved formation of the widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limited sense. It is also tobe understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all the generic and specific features -of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

What is claimed is: 1. A device of the character described formed from a single piece of metal bent to provide a handle ring, a twisted shank continuing from the handle ring, a curved batting arm projecting at right angles from the longitudina'l axis of the shank, and a resilient open ring formed at the end of the shank and projecting in a direction opposite the arm.

2. A device of the character described formed from a single piece of wire bent intermediate its ends to form a handle ring, the side portions continuing therefrom being twisted together to provide a relatively stiff shank, the terminal of one side portion being curved and arranged at substantially right angles to the longitudinal axis of the terminal of the other side portion being shank to provide a batting arm, the

extended in an opposite direction and designed to form an open ring, and the extreme free terminal of the last mentioned ring portion being offset and lapped over In testimony whereof I- aifix my signature.

CHARLES W. RUSSELL; 

